A trio of Ohio County elementary schools have been awarded grants to bolster their students’ computer science skills.
Bethlehem, West Liberty and Woodsdale elementary schools have earned the West Virginia Department of Education’s “Country Roads Codes” grant, which was created to provide students in grades K-12 opportunities to develop age-appropriate computer science skills. The grant provides winning schools with $2,000, and the goal is to bring computer science to West Virginia families and communities.
Bethlehem teacher Genevieve Fields, West Liberty teacher Brandy Lackie and Woodsdale teacher Sandy Wiseman were successful in securing the funding for their schools. Woodsdale Principal Ashlea Minch said her grant funding will be used to provide coding activities during “Computers in Education Week” which will be held Dec. 5-9.
Minch said Woodsdale will also host a…
